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Fried Rice

I love fried rice, one of my favorite items out of Asian cuisine.  My parents always would get pork friend rice for us to enjoy every time we went out for Chinese food.  I finally buckled down and learned how to do it myself.  Sure its not as good as those Chinese do it but its a pretty good white person imitation.  For this recipe I used chicken but it can be done as just rice and used as a side dish or vegetarian dish if you leave out the eggs, or the chicken can be substituted for pork, beef, or even tofu. The first time I made it was with fried tofu.

Feeds 4-6 People
Total Cost: $11.50

Ingredient List:

• Egg – 3 (Scrambled)
• Chicken – 1 Breast
• Sesame Oil – ½ Tablespoon
• Soy Sauce – 3 Tablespoons
• Cooked White Rice – 3 cups
• Peas – 14 oz
• Celery – 2 Stalks (chopped)
• Bok Choy – 1 (chopped)
• Water Chestnuts – 6 oz (Chopped)
• Red Bell Pepper – ½ (Chopped)
• White Onion – ¼ (Chopped)
• Green Onion – ½ cup (Chopped)
• Garlic – 1 clove (minced)
• Salt  – to taste
• Pepper – to taste
• Cayenne Pepper – to taste
• Chili Pepper – 1(minced)

Step 1: Cook White Rice – See cooking white rice blog

Step 2: Fry Chicken– Add Sesame Oil into wok, heat it and add Chicken Breast chopped up.  sprinkle chicken with salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper.  Cook until golden brown.

Step 3: Scramble Eggs – In  small frying pan scramble eggs

Step 4: Prep Vegetables – Chop all vegetables to be used as described on the ingredient list.

Step 5: Sautee Vegetables and Add Rice – In a Wok with the chicken, Sautee White Onions in Sesame Oil.  Add rest of vegetables and soy sauce.  When vegetables are all adequately soft add in rice and mix.  Add in green onion and mix. When everything is properly blended and hot you are finished.

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